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Ethiopian refugees flee violence in Tigray

The conflict in northern Ethiopia continues to worsen. Ongoing clashes between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray regional forces are driving thousands of people to flee into Sudan, more than half of them children.
Jens Hesemann is an emergency coordinator for the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR. He told Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Newsday what he saw on the border area between Sudan and the Tigray Region.

(Pic: An Ethiopian woman who fled the ongoing fighting in Tigray region is seen in Hamdait village on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Kassala state, Sudan; Credit: Reuters)

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